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Black Knapweed (Centaurea nigra)
Image ID: stv19
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Invasive
Family:
Asteraceae (Sunflower)
Height: 1 to 3 ft.
Blooms: July to
September
Leaf Type:
smooth
Bloom Size: 1 in. (typical)
Flower Description:
Individual flowers,
Parts indistinct
Location: Stavich Bicycle Trail
Date: 10/5/2002
Notes:
Dark, fringed bracts.
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We started out as wildflowers from the bicycle trails of western Pennsylvania, but we've
grown!
Meyer, Joseph E. (1918). The Herbalist and Herb Doctor. Hammond, Ind.: Indiana Herb Gardens. 400 pp.
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